I dont know if this has been asked before or if this may be a little goofy of a question but I didn’t see anything relating to it and I’m kinda curious what the culture of Lemmy is like and what sort of common things people see. ive been paying attention to interactions but nothing is as good as just asking everyone.

  • bardmoss@linux.communityEnglish
    83·
    8 months ago

    I am probably blowing the statistics way out, but I’m 71, a podcaster on three shows, no degree, no computer experience except personal, poor, living in a trailer, in Eastern Tennessee.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    62·
    8 months ago

    The median age seems to be much higher than other platforms if i had to guess its around 30-35. There are a good deal of tech people, Foss people and activists. There seems to be a balance of gender( based on nothing but vibes). Lots of lgbt people and communities.

    There is a culture of creating art, technology and building spaces. There is a culture of inclusiveness and working together. Calling out bad behaviors in people, companies and governments.

    Also cats and coffee.

    I am only including the lemmy that is within my own federation. I am aware there is fringe communities of extremists and vile people but I’ve had very little interaction with them so I can’t say how much of an impact they have on lemmy as a whole.

  • livus@kbin.social
    591·
    8 months ago

    As a late gen x/“xennial” myself I’ve noticed there’s proportionally more of us here than on other social media.

    Tends to be left of centre even without factoring in the communistanarchistsocialist nexus, but also wider political range.

    Tends to skew STEM.

    Loves cats as much as the rest of the internet but proportionally loves FOSS more.

    Strong rainbow presence.

    • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      The instance of choice has a surprisingly large impact on experience here. I’ve tried several.

      • confuserOP
        3·
        8 months ago

        huh thats interesting I guess that makes enough sense since you have your subscribed section, your home server section, and then the everything section. so you are seeing more of what you choose to see unless you explore things that aren’t your interests so much or check out the everything section a lot.

  • Blaze@reddthat.com
    29·
    8 months ago

    More language diverse than Reddit, especially on language based instances. Shout out to the Germans who seem much more active than other languages (such as French or Spanish)

  • Sabata11792@kbin.social
    281·
    8 months ago

    I’m here for shitposting, anime titties, and saying disproportionately cruel things about rich people.

      • confuserOP
        3·
        8 months ago

        I havent used Lemmy much and only made a reddit account like a year ago after reading reddit posts for many years on and off but I alresy feel like this is the case on Lemmy.

  • loopy@lemm.ee
    24·
    8 months ago

    That’s a good question. From what I gather, Lemmy (and most of the Fediverse) is an alternative to something, with less focus on the money/advertising. So I would guess most people are looking for an alternative way to connect about common interests. And because it’s not the easiest path for social media, I would guess most people have a desire for agency/self-reliance.

    And because the whole Fediverse seems to be a different way of approaching social connecting, it takes a little more understanding of computer technology, so I would also guess most people have a least a higher than average affinity for computer technology. Linux and Programming Humor are larger communities.

    That said, I have enjoyed a somewhat active participation about woodworking, gardening, jokes, news, medical updates, etc. Like mentioned in another comment, the different instances will have somewhat different norms and practices.

    • Ziglin@lemmy.world
      4·
      8 months ago

      There’d better not be any ads.

      Lemmy is free and open source (AGPL), the ad money would only go to the person offering your client not the people hosting your instance. If your client has any ads I’d recommend switching. I use Jerboa (Android, play store) and the official web app hosted by my instance.

      • confuserOP
        2·
        8 months ago

        I’m pretty new to fediverse stuff and hadn’t use many clients but I heard about boost for reddit as I was trying out Lemmy the first time and found out there is boost for Lemmy too, it has ads but I think there is also a pay version? I may be wrong about that though. so far boost has been nice

  • Today@lemmy.world
    23·
    8 months ago

    Female, old, non-techie but in the one fourth of people in my office who can set up a printer.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    21·
    8 months ago

    Different per instance, but generally, it feels to me like the conscience and reason from Reddit left the body on that day and moved in here at Lemmy. It hasn’t gone back since.